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One Tired Teacher: Teaching Without Burnout is a podcast for tired teachers who want to keep teaching without burning out. If you’re exhausted by constant pressure, shifting expectations, and the feeling that you’re never doing enough, this show offers grounded support and a practical perspective to help you teach sustainably.
Each episode explores teaching without burnout—from navigating evaluations and testing season to simplifying instruction, setting boundaries, and choosing classroom practices that are calm, humane, and actually work. We talk honestly about what teaching feels like right now, and how to protect your energy, your values, and your students’ learning without performative extras.
This is real talk for educators who love kids but are done sacrificing themselves for the job. You’ll find encouragement, classroom-rooted insight, and permission to trust what you already know—because sustainable teaching isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing what matters.
If you’re a burned-out teacher looking for clarity, calm, and a way forward that doesn’t cost your well-being, you’re in the right place.
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Put Teaching Down For A Minute, Teachers 299
Send us Fan MailSummer break can start and somehow you still feel like you’re on duty. If your body is home but your brain is still in the classroom, I made this one for you. I keep it simple on…
Seven Things I Wish I Knew Before Teaching 298
Send us Fan MailWhat would you tell the version of yourself who is trying so hard to do everything perfectly? I’m revisiting a Teacher Truth conversation I recorded years ago and adding what I’d tell…
When Boundaries Aren’t Enough: Teacher Burnout Explained 297
Send us Fan MailBurnout is brutal enough, but the most disorienting version is the kind that lands even when we set boundaries, do the inner work, and try to teach in a grounded way. We talk about…
When Teaching Feels Unsafe: Coping with Unfair Treatment from School Administrators Episode 296
Send us Fan MailWhat do you do when the part of teaching that scares you isn’t the kids, it’s the adults with power? I’m replaying a conversation that stayed with me for a reason: it names the kind…
Theme Weeks That Actually Work in the Classroom Episode 295
Send us Fan MailMay is when solid routines start to wobble, not because you suddenly forgot how to teach, but because the school calendar turns into a nonstop interruption machine. If your class…
Reading in the Classroom Can Still Feel Good Right At the End of the School Year Episode 294
Send us Fan MailMay can make even your strongest readers feel done, and that end of school year slide is exactly when reading starts to feel like a chore. I’m sharing a simple reset that keeps…
The Last Weeks of School Don’t Have to Be Chaos in the Classroom Episode 293
Send us Fan MailThe last week of school can make the best teachers feel like everything is coming apart at once: grades due, rooms to pack, routines blown up by assemblies, and kids who are equal…
Themed STEM in the Classroom: The End-of-Year Behavior Trick for Teachers Episode 292
Send us Fan MailThe sprint to summer for teachers doesn’t have to feel like a grind. We share a practical, energizing way to turn late-April restlessness into focused learning with themed STEM that…
Theme Weeks for Teachers: The Secret to Surviving Spring in the Classroom Episode 291
Send us Fan MailThe last weeks of school for teachers don’t have to be loud, chaotic, or exhausting. We show how a simple theme week in the classroom can turn spring fever into focused fun, giving…
The Sub Plan Safety Net for Teachers in the Classroom Episode 290
Send us Fan MailSpring brings sunshine and chaos in equal measure into the classroom for teachers—testing windows, field trips, allergies, family appointments, and that restless energy buzzing…
Teachers In the Classroom Don’t Have to Be Martyrs At School- Episode 289
Send us Fan MailExhaustion doesn’t equal excellence in the classroom. We open up about the quiet message so many educators absorb—that the “best” teachers are the ones who stay late, skip sick days,…
Teach Kindness In A Divided World
Send us Fan MailWhen the culture outside feels loud and divisive, we choose a different tempo inside our classrooms: slower, kinder, more human. We talk candidly about why connection is not extra,…
AI Can’t Replace Teacher Heart
Send us Fan MailWhat happens when the loudest voice in education says “use AI” and the quietest voice—the one in your gut—whispers “trust your judgment”? We dig into that crossroads with honesty,…
Why Human-Centered STEM Builds Better Classrooms
Send us Fan MailWhat if STEM wasn’t about bins of stuff, but about the humans in the room? We dig into a human-centered approach that treats STEM as a daily practice of connection—where students…
Small Humans, Big Work for Teachers
Send us Fan MailWhen the world shouts at teachers to do more, faster, and perfectly, we choose a different anchor: the small humans in front of us. A seven-year-old’s quiet kindness reframed an…
Trust Yourself, Teacher
Send us Fan MailThe outrage machine is loud, but your classroom doesn’t have to be. We’re pulling the focus back to what you can control: the students in front of you, the relationships you build,…
Teachers, Hold On to What You Know: Trusting Yourself During Testing and Evaluations
Send us Fan MailTesting season and evaluations can make even confident teachers question themselves. In this episode, we talk about how to stay grounded, trust your professional judgment, and teach…
Simple STEM Activities That Still Build Deep Thinking
Send us Fan MailOvercomplicated STEM lessons don’t lead to deeper learning—they lead to burnout. In this episode, we unpack why simple, well-designed STEM challenges create stronger thinking, better…
Teaching the Engineering Design Process When Failure Is the Lesson
Send us Fan MailLooking for a simple way to teach growth mindset, productive struggle, and the engineering design process—especially during testing season? This episode shares a real classroom STEM…
You Are Enough: Surviving February Burnout and Evaluation Pressure
Send us Fan MailFebruary burnout hits hard for teachers—testing pressure, evaluations, and the constant push to do more can make even experienced educators question their worth. In this episode, we…
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